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Passive Voice What is the passive voice?   In general we tend to use the active voice. That is when a subject does an action to an object Example : Somebody stole my laptop. (subject = Somebody / action(verb) = stole / object = my laptop) The passive voice is used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the object of a sentence rather than subject. This means that the subject is either less important than the action itself or that we don’t know who or what the subject is. Example : Ø   My laptop was stolen . (The object – now the subject = My laptop / action= was stolen) Ø   Passive: Napa Valley is known for its excellent wines. Ø   Active: [Many people] know Napa Valley for its excellent wines Ø   Passive: Twenty civilians were killed in the bomb explosion. Ø   Active: Someone killed twenty civilians in the bomb explosion. The passive agent When we know who the subject is, we put it at the end with by. We call t...

PETA TUA The epic started with the scene of three Bone cousins, Fone, Phoney and Smiley, getting lost in a dessert after being run out of Boneville, their home country. At a point they got scattered, only to bump, one by one, into diverse creatures from another land. Unaware, they got involved in a resurrection of a kingdom, not merely as spectacles, but as actors who drove the upturning of the whole saga. Fone Bone befriends (and later falls in love with) Thorn, a 15 years old girl who lives in a hut with her grandmother – known as “Gran’ma Ben”. Prior to meeting Thorn, he also comes across a resourceful, tiny, leaf-like insect called Ted, two (stupid, stupid) rat creatures and a cool red dragon. Phoney Bone, who tends to get into trouble (not that he thinks he’s in one) due to his selfish and bossy behavior, ends up working for Lucius, a heavily built bar-owner, to pay for his food and drinks. Phoney is accompanied at most times by Smiley Bone, the happy-go-lucky one who takes...